Antigen Detection to Diagnose Bacterial Infections: Applications

acid aeruginosa antigens agar anti antibiotics antigen detection antisera antiserum bacteremia bacterial meningitis Bacteroides fragilis blood body fluids capsular polysaccharide cell cultures cerebrospinal fluid Chlamydia Clin clinical specimens Clostridium difficile co-agglutination colonies counterimmunoelectrophoresis cross-reactivity detected antigen detection of group developed diagnosis of bacterial disease endotoxin enzyme immunoassay enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay Escherichia coli evaluated false positive fluorescent gonococcal gonorrhoeae Gram negative Gram stain group A streptococci Haemophilus influenzae type identification of group immunoelectrophoresis immunofluorescence immunological incubation infections isolates Klebsiella laboratory LAL assay latex agglutination Legionella lipopolysaccharide meningitidis meningococcal methods Microbiol monoclonal antibodies mycoplasmas Neisseria ng/ml organisms outer membrane Pathol patients Pediatr Phadebact pneumococcal pneumoniae pneumophila polysaccharide procedure protein Pseudomonas aeruginosa purified rabbit radioimmunoassay rapid diagnosis reactions reagents samples sera serogroup serological serum solid phase sputum Staphylococcus aureus strains studies technique throat swabs titers toxin typhi typhoid fever urethritis urinary µg/ml